Laura Blakeman a.k.a. Shakti Sunfire is a leader of the world-wide hoop dance movement and a dedicated student of Anusara Yoga. She draws on her own diverse life experience and her endless participation in community, to encourage and mentor unfettered self-expression. Her message is one of radical self acceptance.
Shakti teaches dance and yoga workshops and performs internationally. She is currently featured in 2 published books on hoop dance, one instructional DVD, and countless online articles. She was voted 'best performance group 2008' and 'firehooper of the year 2009' by popular vote in Hooping.org. Shakti is featured in the August 2011 edition of Yoga Journal as a leading light in the fusion of yoga and hoopdance - a marriage of two worlds that is, to her, a spiraling journey into the heart and the basis for her dance philosophy.
A passionate poet and writer, Shakti dives deep into human experience, exposing universal connection and poignant sychronicity through personal narrative.
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